18 ROSARY GARDENS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01450325 · ltd · incorporated 1979-09-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£308
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £308
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
£308
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Cash£22.2k£20.2k
Net assets£308£308

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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  2. 2025-06-10
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  3. 2024-09-09
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  4. 2023-07-24
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  5. 2022-04-28
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  6. 2021-07-20
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  7. 2020-07-28
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  8. 2019-07-18
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  9. 2018-06-20
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  10. 2017-06-02
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  11. 2016-04-25
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  12. 2016-01-08
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  13. 2015-05-19
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  14. 2015-01-16
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  15. 2014-03-06
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  16. 2009-03-08
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    GREENSTOCK, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-03-08
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    COLCLOUGH, Hazel resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-03-08
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    COLCLOUGH, Hazel resigned
    director
  19. 2001-03-08
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    HENRY, Stephen James Bartholomew appointed
    director
  20. 2000-06-24
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    LEATHAM, Richard David resigned
    director
  21. 1998-06-08
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    LEATHAM, Richard David appointed
    director
  22. 1998-03-16
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    CLARK, Hugh Michael Lulham resigned
    director
  23. 1996-10-24
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    CLARK, Hugh Michael Lulham appointed
    director
  24. 1996-06-24
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    PAYNE, Douglas resigned
    director
  25. 1979-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As 18 ROSARY GARDENS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen James Bartholomew Henry
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

18 Rosary Gardens
London
SW7 4NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-08
Last: 2025-12-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GREENSTOCK, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-08
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Active
GREENSTOCK, Margaret→
director · ~81y
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Active
HENRY, Stephen James Bartholomew→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-03-08
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Active
COLCLOUGH, Hazel→
secretary · resigned 2009-03-08
Resigned
CLARK, Hugh Michael Lulham→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-10-24 · resigned 1998-03-16
Resigned
COLCLOUGH, Hazel→
director · ~70y · resigned 2009-03-08
Resigned
LEATHAM, Richard David→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-06-08 · resigned 2000-06-24
Resigned
PAYNE, Douglas→
director · ~102y · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

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2026-06-26
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2026-01-06
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2025-06-10
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2025-01-04
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2024-09-09
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2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-18